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          Date of Hearing:  January 12, 2015


                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES


                              Gordon, Richard S., Chair


          ACR  
                 5 (Jones-Sawyer) - As Introduced: December 17, 2014


          SUBJECT:  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day


          SUMMARY:  Designates January 19, 2015, be observed as the  
          official memorial of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s  
          birth; commemorates Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the work of Dr.  
          Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights Movement in  
          changing public policy in California and in the United States of  
          America. Specifically, this resolution makes the following  
          legislative findings:


          1)Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement  
            helped change public policy from legal and socially acceptable  
            discrimination and segregation to an open and accessible  
            policy of racial integration leading to equal participation  
            and access to education, employment, transportation,  
            elections, and other aspects of public policy relating to  
            human rights. These public policy changes influenced many  
            changes in California public policy.  

           2)Monday, January 19, 2015, marks the 29th National Celebration  
            of the National Holiday for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and  
            his fight for civil and human rights.  

           3)On April 10, 1970, California became the first state to pass  
            legislation making Dr. King's birthday a school holiday and,  
            subsequently, a statewide holiday.  









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           4)Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement serve as a model for  
            principled leadership and forward-thinking, bipartisan public  
            policy.  
           
          FISCAL EFFECT:  None



          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:


          Support


          None on file




          Opposition
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